The Glacier Creek is a lead, zinc, copper, silver, and gold mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 63.98, -147.62000
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Glacier Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glacier Creek
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko, (Precambrian)
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko (Phanerozoic)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = www.grayd.com, 1999
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = At least three holes were drilled in the late 1990's, along with surface mapping and geochemical sampling.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks at the Glacier Creek prospect are the Lower Mississippian to Middle Devonian Totatlanika Schist, composed predominantly of mafic and felsic metavolcanic and metavolcaniclastic rocks, minor pelitic schist, and fossiliferous marble (Wilson and others, 1998). The deposit consists of stratabound lenses of massive sulfides in strongly altered rhyolite schist (www.grayd.com, 1999). The sulfide minerals are chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite. The hostrocks and stratabound massive sulfides indicate that the Galcier Creek prospect is a metamorphosed volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Kuroko massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 28a)
Comment (Geology): Age = The sulfide minerals probably are syngenetic with their Lower Mississippian to Middle Devonian host rocks.
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = white mica
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
References
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.
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